1 Samuel 27:8
 1 Samuel 27:8 
New International Version (© 2011)
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

King James Bible
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version
And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt,

1 Samuel 27:8 Additional Translations
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the Geshurites

Joshua 13:2,13 This is the land that yet remains: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri...

2 Samuel 13:37,38 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day...

2 Samuel 14:23,32 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem...

2 Samuel 15:8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem...

1 Chronicles 2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even three score cities...

Gezrites. or, Gerzites These people seem to be the Gerrhenians, (2 Mac

13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.

the Amalekites

Joshua 16:10 And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day...

Judges 1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelled in Gezer among them.

1 Kings 9:15-17 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo...

as thou goest

1 Samuel 15:7,8 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is over against Egypt...

1 Samuel 30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag...

Exodus 17:14-16 And the LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua...

1 Samuel 27:8 Parallel Commentaries
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Exodus 15:22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.
Exodus 17:8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Joshua 12:5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah, all of Bashan to the border of the people of Geshur and Maakah, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Joshua 13:2 "This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites,
Joshua 13:13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maakah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.
1 Samuel 15:7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:8 He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword.